Thanks again Starhawk for yet more help it really is appreciated. I had a look in the Menu and instantly spotted what I was looking for ( I must have been through it 20 times ? As regards the Puppy version I am taking that from Hardware info under the operating system tag I've had another look at it still comes up as Puppy linux 0.51 as the version.

Once I've had a good go with this version which really has given this PC a new lease of life I will upgrade to a later version. Ubuntu based Lubuntu struggled which supposedly is for low spec PC's.

Once I've had a good go with this version which really has given this PC a new lease of life I will upgrade to a later version. Ubuntu based Lubuntu struggled which supposedly is for low spec PC's.

Ubuntu is a DVD's worth of data, a goodly chunk of which has to load on startup. ANY Ubunutu-based OS is going to be a resource hog. Swapping window managers and/or desktop environments "to run on lower spec systems" is a bit like the proverb about deck chairs on the Titanic: it doesn't matter all that much.

Size does matter, and in many more ways than most people think about!_________________

'f00, thank you for posting that -- I followed the "Enrich 'frugal'..." link in that post highly illuminating! (Among other things, I learned why I've gotten GRUB to work exactly once. I tend to favor frugal installs. Not coincidentally, the only time it's worked was on a Full install to an antique laptop.)_________________